First names dictionary

ZIPPORAH

Zipporah: translation

Zipporahf
Jewish: common female form of the rareHebrewmale name Zippor meaning ‘bird’. The female name is borne in the Bible by the wife of Moses and mother of Gershom and Eliezer (Exodus 18: 2–4).

  1. zipporah—Zipporah translationfl. th cent BCE Israelite woman wife of Mosesstrong. She was the daughter of Jethro priest of Midian. She travelled to Egypt with Mosesstrong to plead...Dictionary of Jewish Biography
  2. zipporah—Zipporah translation A female bird. Reuels daughter who became the wife of Moses Ex. . In consequence of the event recorded in Ex. she and her two sons Gershom and Eliez...Easton's Bible Dictionary